Cybersecurity
Just a (recognized) face in the crowd
DHS's Science & Technology Directorate tests facial recognition software at a hockey arena.
Cybersecurity
Bill allows DHS choice of biometrics
Lawmakers have chosen not to specify which biometrics a visa entry/exit system should use.
Cybersecurity
It Took Hackers This Long to Crack the iPhone's Fingerprint Security
All you need is a photo of your fingerprint and some glue.
Digital Government
Independent Review of NSA Surveillance May Not Be 'Independent'
Panel called 'an arm of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.'
Digital Government
BlackBerry Postpones Launch of Messaging System
Delay comes after company announced steep losses and job cuts.
Cybersecurity
Insider threat grows more ominous
In the era of Edward Snowden, the government is searching for solutions.
Modernization
IBM Calls Amazon Unprepared to Secure Intelligence Data
The companies are embroiled in a lawsuit over a $150 million contract to build a computer cloud for the CIA.
Cybersecurity
Postal Service Prepares to Sell Email Encryption
USPS applies to trademark products aimed at preventing nongovernment snoops from hacking customers’ online transactions.
Modernization
3 steps to make existing IT more agile
Agile methodology can help agencies ensure that IT dollars are well spent by improving the maintenance of existing systems.
Ideas
If You Want to Follow Federal Technology News, This App is for You
The Nextgov iPhone app delivers news and more to mobile users.
People
Why the federal government must plan now for mobility
Slow adoption of mobile can create the very risks that agencies have gone slow to avoid, Nolan Jones argues.
Digital Government
BlackBerry Ends Terrible Week With Mass Layoff
Latest iPhone had customers lining up for hours, as BlackBerry made some brutal news.
Emerging Tech
FDA Hires Obama Campaigners to Track Its Social Media Reach
Agencies have been encouraged to track how their programs are received online.
Cybersecurity
Energy Industry Website Hacks Resemble Compromises to a Labor Site for Nuclear Workers
The operations aim to steal sensitive information from visitors to the infected webpages.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Revamp Playboy, Mistake NASA for NSA
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
More Than 1 in 5 Cyber Jobs Vacant at Key DHS Division
Security clearance wait times and relatively low pay are among the hiring obstacles cited.
Digital Government
Lawmakers uncomfortable with China solution for satellite gap
Citing China's hostility to the United States, subcommittee chairmen urge other solutions.
Digital Government
DATA Act gains Senate ally
Sen. Mark Warner is pitching the DATA Act as an essential piece of infrastructure to support a rational accounting of federal spending.
Digital Government